Lacewood Productions was a Canadian animation studio based in

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.Wise, Wyndham (2001), p. 9. ''Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Filmmaking''. .

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Press. Accessed April 14, 2007. It produced a television series, ''

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'', as well as specials based on '' For Better or For Worse'', and the 1990 feature ''

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''. In 1997, Paragon Entertainment Corporation took over the studio due to debt reasons.Bullock, Kelly (April 2005)
Ottawa's animation action
Ottawa Insight. Retrieved April 17, 2007. Paragon eventually folded, with most of Lacewood's library and former assets being acquired by Amberwood Entertainment in 2000. Lacewood was the successor to Hinton Animation Studios, a company created by Sheldon Wiseman, which closed down due to debt problems. The first productions made by the studio were ''

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'' and its sequel '' The Birthday Dragon''. Lacewood has also done animation services on the first season of '' The Ren and Stimpy Show''. Lacewood has also done animation production in partnership with

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on season 2 of '' Problem Child'', '' Monster Force'' and 1995 episodes of ''

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''.

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Canadian animation studios Companies based in Ottawa Mass media companies established in 1988 Mass media companies disestablished in 1998 Defunct film and television production companies of Canada {{Canada-media-company-stub

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